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African Palm Swift
Cypsiurus parvus · Family Apodidae
Cypsiurus parvus
Family Apodidae
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Apodidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 288,557
- Countries and territories with records
- 60
About this species
This species has 288,557 occurrence records from 60 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (54.3%), Kenya (8.4%), Uganda (5.2%), Namibia (4.6%) and Tanzania (3.8%); together they account for 76.2% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.39% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Cypsiurus parvus combines the genus name Cypsiurus with the species epithet parvus. The Warbla app catalog lists 3 species of the genus Cypsiurus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Cypsiurus balasiensis and Cypsiurus gracilis.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 96 species of the family Apodidae. This species ranks 8th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Chaetura pelagica. Its record count is 2.3 times the family average (123,580). The family Apodidae belongs to the order Apodiformes, which has 452 species in the Warbla app catalog.